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Man gets engaged to woman 50 years ago.

Woman decides she does not want to marry him and gives the ring back.

Man meets new woman a couple months later and gets engaged to her after one month of dating new woman. Marries her and has children.

Wife never knew about the “repurposed” ring until 4 years into their marriage. Man finally bought her, her own ring 31 years later.

Here we are 46 years later and wife is so upset and reliving all of her past and the time she wore a ring meant for another woman.
The other woman wore her ring and showed it off for 1 year before she broke off the engagement. She feels humiliated. And is feeling a huge amount of insecurities at this moment in time.

My opinion is one thing and I don’t know how to comfort or advice her.
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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
Is this a real story? Wow if it is.
HotMessExpress102 · 41-45, F
@cherokeepatti Yes. This is real and I need help on how to comfort and advise 😔
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@HotMessExpress102 wow, she is suffering for something that happened 50 years ago. Maybe he couldn’t take the ring back after all that time and didn’t have money to go buy another new one. I don’t know but if they have children together she might just need to let it slide. He didn’t know her that long before he got engaged and married to her. I think he thought she’d never know. Who brought this up to her and stirred up crap with a stick to do it? Sounds like some small town gossiping.
HotMessExpress102 · 41-45, F
@cherokeepatti small town gossip that happened 50 years ago. 😔
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@HotMessExpress102 their children are grown and probably have children of their own. She shouldn’t discount history especially if the marriage has been solid and she was happy otherwise. Whoever stirred this up seems to have been wanting to make trouble for them.